Backpackers, campers, RVers, wilderness researchers, and anyone in between who needs a bit of USB power in the great outdoors are going to be incredibly happy after they hear about this incredible new product.
This portable turbine named ‘Shine Turbine’ weighs just three pounds, or a little less than 1.5 kilos, and can charge your gadgets with the wind. Launched on Kickstarter just last year, and then on Indiegogo recently, this tiny powerhouse has already made over $400,000 in its latest round of crowdfunding.
Weighing just 3 pounds and having 30 watts of power, you can set it up in just two minutes where it need around 8 to 28 mph wind speed range to get it working at 12,000 mAh, which makes up its internal battery.
It’s so small, that it can fit into anyone’s backpack, plus it’s more than easy to set up. Just set up the tripod and stick in into the ground using the tensioning cables, then mount the turbine on top and plug your device into the button section where it will get up to 40 watts.
It just takes the force of the wind to make the turbine spin, and it doesn’t even matter from which direction the wind is coming from, it will always produce power for as long as there’s enough required wind.
The Shine Turbine is manufactured by Aurea Technologies, a company based in Nova Scotia. They made sure to pay extreme attention to the design and materials that they used to design the device to make sure that both the weight and size of the device were as low as possible. Any backpacker or camper will tell you that the least weight you carry, as well as the smallest space it has to use, is always going to be two key factors to the items they’re willing to bring along during their treks in the great outdoors.
By creating a battery that only takes up a third of the weight of the entire product, all the other parts were precisely developed to be incredibly light. This includes the turbine blades used, which are made from polycarbonate reinforced plastic that happen to fold out of the body of the product, as well as a tripod made from aluminum, which is very light too.
Originally, Aurea’s first plans were to make miniature turbines that could be built into building facades, but they chose to take a different turn. Now, campers and all types of outdoorsmen can preorder their very own Shines at a huge 40% off retail, making it just $324 for one, or approximately $418 Canadian dollars. The estimated shipping date as of now is October 2022, so order one soon if you plan to do any hiking or camping closer to the end of the year.
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